WR 40: Epic Wolf-Rayet Star & Its Nebula RCW 58 Unveiled
Embark on a cosmic journey to a star, boasting a mass 100 times greater than our Sun, a luminosity a…
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Polaris and the Trail of Comet ZTF
Stars trace concentric arcs around the North Celestial Pole in this three hour long night sky composite, recorded with a…
NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula
Do you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is…
What to expect during the green comet’s encounter with Earth
A green-hued comet that has been lurking in the night sky for months is expected to be the most visible…
Barnard 68: Dark Molecular Cloud
Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is actually known to…
Hubble Telescope Spotted Young, Unstable Variable Star in Nebula
V 372 Orionis, a very bright variable star, appears in a new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope ….
The Galactic Centre in Infrared
What does the centre of our galaxy look like? In visible light, the Milky Way’s centre is hidden by clouds…
The first exoplanet ever photographed directly
In 2004, ESO’s VLT observations released this image, which immediately became a milestone in the search for extrasolar planets. Before…
Comet ZTF: Orbital Plane Crossing
The current darling of the northern night, Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF is captured in this telescopic image from a dark…
The unusual supernova 1987A
The Great Magellanic Cloud is 168,000 light years away, and on the night of February 23, 1987, astronomers Ian Shelton…